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Viking 0.9.8 (2009-01-31)
New features since 0.9.7
* Add GeoNames support (both for search and for POI import from Geonames+Wikipedia)
* Remove Google's map tiles.
* Add external tools framework.
* Add OpenStreetMap and Google web tools.
* Clicking on "visible" tick no longer makes the layer selected.
* GPX export: sort track by time.
* Merging tracks by name.
* Tittle waypoint properties dialog as "Waypoint Properties".
* Add larger size waypoint symbols (icons).
* Waypoint names are now displayed at the top of waypoint symbol.
* Waypoint symbols: Use Garmin waypoint.
* New server for OSM cycle map.

Fixes since 0.9.7
* Fix loading of world map file.
* Fix 2249398: Fix some memory leaks.
* Fix bugs that caused magic scissors not working.
* Fix compatibility problem for windows.
* Fix implicit declaration of maps_layer_default_dir().
* Fix missing status return in spawn_command_line_async().
* Fix curl error buffer usage.
* GPS realtime tracking: Keep retrying when fail to connect.
* Windows port: avoid "\\" in URL.

Viking 0.9.7 (2008-10-12)
New features since 0.9.6
* Add new moving map method for realtime tracking.
* Rename icon: viking_icon.png -> viking.png
* src/viking.desktop.in: add GenericName and revise Categories
* Change "Zoom To" short cut to avoid conflict with "Zoom Tool".
* Update translations
* Google search adapting changes from Google.
* add osm cycle layer support
* add a menu entry to extend an existing track using magic scissors
* Patch #2009666: OpenAerialMap
* Add preferences to select how degrees are displayed
* Color picker button for the Coordlayer properties dialog
* Cut/Copy/Paste empty selection is not critical
* Layers panel UI improvements
* Homogeneous icons management.
* Add preferences to store OSM login/password
* Add a password entry widget
* Ensure that confirmation dialog is over file selector

Fixes since 0.9.6
* Fix 2161310: Fix some more compiler warnings
* Fix 2134452: Properties of some tracks show as NaN
* QA: cleanning old stuff
* Fix segfault in realtime tracking.
* Fix missing files in po/POTFILES.in
* viking.spec.in, src/icons/Makefile.am: Fix icon target dir
* fix parallel build (make -j8) on multi-processor machines.
* Fix #1947260: correct a corrupted escape
* Fixed crashes when creating new layers.
* Fix #1952523: mode_button assertion loading old datafile
* Fix: update layer after applying properties
* Fixed google map download problem.
* Replace specific About dialog by GtkAboutDialog
* Replace some g_warning by g_debug

Viking 0.9.6 (2008-07-31)
Fixes since 0.9.5

* Fix Google maps' URL
* Fix gcget command line to accomodate negative coords
* Fix unecessary viking.desktop

Viking 0.9.5 (2008-07-21)
New features since 0.9.4

* Add panning tool as default.
* Replace GtkFileSelection by GtkFileChooser.
* No longer converts waypoint names to uppercase. Waypoint names are now case insensitive.
* Windows port updated.
* Track properties: Keep markers of the graphs in sync with each other.
* Track properties: split track at marker.
* New translations: el, it, ja, lt, nb, nl, pl, zh_CN, zh_TW
* Added viking.desktop
* Added --debug and --verbose command line options.
* Updated man pages.

Fixes since 0.9.4

* Fix #1839948: Maximize/Restore changes current cursor.
* Bug #1915121: add an utility to reproduce (test/gpx2gpx).
* Fix #1915121: use GLib functions to handle ISO8601 dates.
* Fix pipe leaks.
* Remove dependency to wget.
* Fix google version number.
* Track graph marker now works again.
* Fix #1947456: Compiler warning fixes


Viking 0.9.4 (2008-02-25)
New features since 0.9.3

* Make elev graph show better graph for low altitude tracks.
* Printing support
* Draw circle for downloading geocaches.
* Improve track graphs. Some tracks looked too flat.
* Internationalization (I18N)
* Localization (L10N): Czech, Danish, German, Spanish, French, Brazilian Portuguese, Swedish
* Use a list of possible browsers.
* New map source: BlueMarble tiles (http://mike.teczno.com/notes/blue-marble-tiles.html)
* New map source: Google Terrain
* Use the "next unused" (not really) waypoint number as default.
* Sort waypoints in GPX output.
* Preferences support in ~/.viking/viking.prefs
* Update source for OSM/Osmarender tiles
* Full screen mode.
* Tuned the v-t diagram drawing

Fixes since 0.9.3

* Many fixes around compilation warnings
* Fix a bug that caused crashes when displaying elev graph for some track.
* Fix bug that caused Old Google maps not being disabled by default.
* Fix a bug that can potentially cause segfault.
* Fix compilation under HURD (missing MAXPATHLEN macro)
* Fix: ensure config.h is included conditionnaly
* Fix a crash bug in mapcache
* Fix a crash bug in merge-by-time

Viking 0.9.3 (2007-10-21)
New features since 0.9.2

* Half-drawn redraw for faster refreshing display of viewport (Maps, tracks, waypoints...)
* Allow multiple selections when adding DEM files.
* (Semi) auto downloading and importing for SRTM 90m DEM file (worldwide).
* Indicating areas which have DEM file download but not imported.
* "Minimum elevation" is now configurable for DEM layer. It can be used together with the existing "Max Elev" to make DEM display more distinguish colors for a particular area of interest.
* Interpolating DEM data.
* Add realtime tracking to GPS layer with track recording.
* Trackpoints acquired in realtime mode store extra information of speed, course, fix mode and number of satellites.
* Track properties dialog no longer blocks user interaction on main window. Using multiple track dialogs (simultaneously for different tracks) is now allowed.
* Make use of DEM elevation data and GPS speed data for track graphs (Properties Dialog).
* Track Properties: now displays track distance/time instead of "Selected Time".
* Marker for selected position on track graphs.
* Various enhancement to improve usability of track dialog.
* Mouse cursor is now changed accordingly to tool currently in used.
* Magic Scissors (Automatically drawing track between points) can now be undone using right click, and extended via Ctrl-click.
* Shortcuts for panning: Ctrl-arrow key, and Shift-scroll and Ctrl-scroll.
* Extend track.
* Ctrl-shift-scroll to zoom like google, scroll to zoom w/o changing center.
* Preview adding a trackpoint by drawing a line when moving mouse.
* Esc key used to stop track edition.
* Backspace key used to remove last added point.
* Use $BROWSER environment variable (for viewing geocache pages).
* Automatically fetching google version numbers.
* Upgrading to API 0.5 of OSM.

Fixes since 0.9.2

* Fix: Make viking's default start location somewhere more likely has maps.
* Fix: bug that causes crashes when using "Maps Download" tool.
* Fix: Adding command line option framework (--help & --version).
* Fix #1789550: mkdtemp usage is conditioned.
* Fix #1789550: define MAX macro if not defined on ALL systems.
* Fix: optional geocaching -- include config.h to compile.
* Fix: DEM Layer copy/paste.
* Fix: crashes on using wrong tools.
* Fix: bugs that caused odd display of date/time on track properties dialog.
* Fix: Correctly calculate position when click on speed-time graph.
* Fix: Relax dependencies about glib.
* Fix: Upgrading to API 0.5 of OSM.
* Fix: plotting of DEM data on elevation graph.

Viking 0.9.2 (2007-09-04)
New features since 0.9.1

* Use $EMAIL to initialise email field for OSM upload.
* Preset filename when exporting a TrwLayer. 

Fixes since 0.9.1

* Fix: crash when "applying" a map layer property dialog.
* Fix: Do not warn about drawmode inconsistency while reading file.
* Fix: Hide Expedia view mode when expedia is not built in. 

Viking 0.9.1 (2007-09-02)
New features since 0.9

* Upload data (TrackWaypoint layer or single track) to OpenStreetMap.
* Group "Export Layer..." entries in a sub-menu.
* Added --enable-old-google to configure script. Old google modes are now disabled by default.
* Default mode for new maps is Google Maps.
* DEM module can now read hgt.zip files directly (no need to unzip them).
* DEM module can now process 1 arc sec hgt(.zip) files (mainly for USA regions).
* Display on status bar altitude at cursor using data from DEM layer(s). 

Fixes since 0.9

* Add redirect support.
* Some improves to introduce the drawmode notion.
* Better checking to detect downloaded text instead of images.
* New google version number.
* libcurl is a requirement.
* Fix bugs that cause crashes on layers copy/paste/delete.
* Fix bug in Google search that caused viking jump to wrong location when Google can not find the match.
* Clean up and eliminate compiler warning.
* Fix bug in creating temporary HOME when HOME is not set.
* Disable GeoCache Acquire since it no longer works. Can be enabled again using configure --enable-geocaches.
* Disable expedia map layer by default since it no longer works. Can be enabled again using configure --enable-expedia. 

Viking 0.9 (2007-07-13)
New Features since 0.1.3

    * DEM data -- DEMLayer & applying data to tracks & waypoints
    * Make "Save Image" and "Save Image Directory" dialogs reusable
    * Add viking icon
    * Download maps along track
    * Add User-Agent to http request header
    * Add cookies support (for google requests)
    * Add center mark which can be turn on/off in View menu
    * Make the scale more visible on dark maps
    * Add magic scissors feature
    * Add Google Maps search feature
    * Many new waypoint symbols
    * Add man pages
    * Improve performance for map autodownload
    * Google Directions now remembers previous query (from/to entries)
    * New menu items to remove all tracks and waypoints in GPS folders
    * Add "Save and Exit" to File menu
    * Save function for GPS layer
    * Map tool: Left click can now refresh display of map tiles 

Fixes since 0.1.3

    * View Mode displayed wrong setting on startup
    * crashes on gps download/upload
    * SEGFAULT on x86_64
    * segfault on trackpoint properties dialog
    * intermittent problem of map redraw
    * Stop autodownload from running forever on map downloading errors
    * Check for non-displayable data after downloading map 

Viking 0.1.3 (2007-05-17)
- New "Refresh onscreen tiles" entry menu
- Default .spec file for building RPM packages
- Default debian/ subtree for building Debian packages
- Usage of the libcurl library
- Three new map sources from OpenStreetMap
- Better usage of libusb
- Google source map improved
- GUI improves

Viking 0.1.2 (2007-02-13)
- direct access to GPS device: GPS layer